Great British Railway Journeys Series 4 Episode 24 Newbridge to Roscrea 2013
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Michael Portillo takes to the tracks once again using his Bradshaw's 'Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland' from the Victorian era. Portillo is on a railway journey through the Republic of Ireland travelling from the rugged beauty of County Kerry, across the rural Irish Midlands to end in the city of Galway on the Atlantic coast. In this episode, Michael visits the Irish National Stud, discovers how harsh life was for the Irish poor and uncovers an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering.
- Released: 2013-02-07
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Michael Portillo
- Director: Ben Rowland, John Comerford
